Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday U.S. President Donald Trump will hold off on levying tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days after Canada made a series of commitments to improve security along the border.

The country can let out a collective sigh of relief — at least for now.

To get Trump to shelve his punishing tariffs, Trudeau said Canada is reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel and stepping up its co-ordination with American officials to stop the flow of fentanyl.

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[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't consider $1.3B in spending on border security for a 30 day pause as a victory here. After 30 days, what's the next thing that Trump is going to manipulate our country into doing? This is a test of our sovereignty and we are losing.

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That $1.3B wasn't demanded or promised today. They did it preemptively in mid-December to avoid this whole situation.

They committed $200M and bunch of drug/border theatre today. Basically just allowing Trump to save face for caving.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I guess we'll know who caved depending on whether the fucker applies tariffs for real in a month or not.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

Yep, we definitely backed down on that. He made a ridiculous demand and we agreed to it. The next demand will push a little further.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

We should be beefing up our borders and military not because Trump demands it, but because his existence as President of the US demands it. Even without him, Democrats don't play nice with Canada and work to decimate our industries for their own gains as well. I didn't see Biden removing tariffs imposed by the last Trump administration, but I did see him increase them.

If we can keep the orange psycho off of our backs while we sort shit out, and improve what needs improving at the same time, I can only see it as a win/win for Canada. 30 days is a lot of time to keep hashing out deals with other countries, and frankly, we should pull the trigger on tariffs and other measures regardless of what Trump does next.

We need to treat the US like the hostile foreign state they have become, and act accordingly, if we want to maintain our status as a sovereign nation.